Tax & Water Payment Information

View information on Property Taxes and Water & Wastewater Account questions below

• ​​​​​​Check:  You may mail a check, put it in the Town Center Drop Box, or bring it to the Town Clerk’s Office. Please note your parcel ID on the check. If you send a post-dated check, we will hold it until the date on the check.
• Money Order:  You may obtain a money order from the post office or the bank.
• Bill Pay:  This method  is available through your bank online. Please note your Parcel ID on the payment.
• Direct Debit:  You may sign up for the Town’s bank to take the payment electronically from your checking or savings account on the due date. Print a Direct Debit form and return it with a copy of a voided check. If you change your bank account or sell your property you need to contact the Town Clerk’s Office.
• Richmond Website:  Starting five days before payment is due, go to richmondvt.gov to make an ELECTRONIC PAYMENT (below), using your credit or debit card, or checking account. There is a fee for the transaction and you can only pay for the payment that is due.
• Late Payments:
  • Interest of 1% is applied each month for payments that are 1-90 days late
  • Interest of 1.5% is applied each month for payments that are 91 plus days late
  • Penalty of 8% ​​​​​​​is applied, in the month of May, to balances that are past due for the current year​​​​​​​

Property Taxes - Electronic Payments

The link to pay online will be live for one week prior to the due date for each tax installment (Aug 15, Nov 15, Feb 15, May 15). This tax payment portal can be used to pay current year taxes only. The balance due on your taxes is not available through this portal so you will need your tax bill in order to know how much to pay.
​​​​​​​PAY BILLS online via IN​​​​​​​VOICE CLOUD​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​*Convenience fees are charged by Invoice Cloud for this service.

For additional information before registering for Invoice Cloud , please contact the Richmond Financial Director at cbona@ richmondvt.gov or (802) 336-2094.

If you have questions related to:
•    Water & Wastewater Bills Paid
•    Water & Wastewater Bills Due
•    Water & Wastewater Bill Electronic Payments
•    Water & Wastewater Shut off Notices
•    Water & WastewaterBill copies
Contact the Finance Department at 802-336-2094 or email cbona@richmondvt.gov
Please have the property owners name, your contact Information, and Water & Wastewater Account number available before emailing or calling 

If you have questions related to Water & Wastewater Water Department
•    Usage
•    Emergency Contact
Contact Superintendent Steve Cote at 802-434-2178 during normal business hours or at 802-598-4593 if it is outside normal business hours or if there is no response.
Please have the property owners name, your contact Information, and Water & Wastewater Account number available before emailing or calling 
 

Payments

Mail to:
Town Center Building
203 Bridge St
PO Box 285
Richmond, VT 05477

** Note, please include your parcel account number with the payment.

Methods of Water Bill Payment

• ​​​​​​Check:  You may mail a check, put it in the Town Center Drop Box, or bring it to the Town Clerk’s Office. Please note your parcel ID on the check. If you send a post-dated check, we will hold it until the date on the check.
• Money Order:  You may obtain a money order from the post office or the bank.
• Bill Pay:  This method is available through your bank online. Please note your Parcel ID on the payment.
• Direct Debit:  You may sign up for the Water & Wastewater Department to take the payment electronically from your checking or savings account on the due date. Print a Direct Debit form and return it with a copy of a voided check. If you change your bank account or sell your property you need to contact the Town Clerk’s Office.
• Late Payments:
  • Interest of 1% is applied each month for payments that are 1-90 days late
  • Penalty of 8% ​​​​​​​is applied, at the end of June, to balances that are past due for the current year​​​​​​​

**Payments must be received or post marked by 11:59 PM on the due date in the office or deposited Town Center drop box located on 203 Bridge Street, Richmond, VT.

**If you see the red light flashing at the pump station, call us! If you see water bubbling out of the ground in the municipal system boundary, call us!

Water Bill Due Dates

• March 31
• June 30
• September 30
• December 31

** If due date falls on weekend or Holiday, the due date is the following business day.